Shaikh Ali Abu Talib with beautiful poetry about the prinicples of Imam Ali [as] and why many Muslims refused to accept his successorship.

Artist’s Depiction of Imam Ali [as]

His partisans were "low class", and poor;But history repeatedly shows us for sureThey were Unchallengeable Warrior/Saints, and Sages;Chaste souls, with minds like encyclopedic pages.

So think about this, and reflect on it,For here lies the real reason for the split.They chose not to elect him because he dressed like a "bum".He was way "too young",and he hung out with "riff raff", foreigners, and "scum".

And he most certainly would never succumbFor a bit of a part, or the whole "dagumed" sumOf the special interest good-old-chums' collective "Money Bag".Plus, he was always a super "drag", because he'd nag, nag, nag;

So They Took Some Polls! (More accurately,they stole them before we could protest.)Then they arbitrarily reversed moral polarity,making north, south and east, west,Thus electing a "chum" who wasn't even close to "The Best".He was a good "old" boy none-the-less, a real nice guy.Problem! When it came time for "the flock" to spiritually fly,Mr. Nice Guy's projectionwas based on their false sense of direction.And a rechange of that false directionwould spark a deadly serious defection.

So now "the flock" flies north for the winterto the Siberian Tundra,And south for the summer somewhere in Southern Arabia.But their leader's a "prince" and dresses to kill.He "hangs" with "big wigs" and "blue bloods", but yet, and still"The flock" is "flying" in the wrong direction;away from God's will.